Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Environment Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Morgan Griffith stated on February 18, 2011 in an e-mail newsletter and House floor speech.: "Not even expensive bottled water, like Perrier and Evian, are of good enough quality to pump out of mines in Southwest Virginia, according to the EPA regulation." John Kasich stated on January 14, 2011 in a news conference: Says an EPA permit "languished" under Strickland but his new EPA director got it done in two days. DeKalb County stated on December 23, 2010 in its website: "The Greenest County in America." Scott Walker stated on October 14, 2010 in a campaign news release and platform document: Says Gov. Jim Doyle and the DNR have not put hunters first and mismanaged the deer herd; as a result "the deer population has dwindled." Russ Feingold stated on July 13, 2010 in a campaign ad: Ron Johnson is "willing to hand over the Great Lakes to the oil companies." Scott Walker stated on August 11, 2010 in campaign news releases in the wake of sewage dumping: "Since being elected, (Tom Barrett) has dumped 8.2 billion gallons of raw sewage into Lake Michigan." Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no." George LeMieux stated on June 16, 2010 in an interview on CNN and a posting on Twitter: The White House has "refused" international help in dealing with the oil spill. Greg Abbott stated on February 16, 2010 in a press release: Says the EPA "outsourced the scientific basis for its greenhouse gas regulation to a scandal-plagued international organization that cannot be considered objective or trustworthy." House Natural Resources Committee Republicans stated on April 5, 2010 in a news release posted on his website.: "Obama did not open new lands to offshore drilling – all of these areas were already open for drilling once Congress and President Bush lifted the moratorium in 2008. Instead, President Obama yesterday announced what areas he would CLOSE to offshore drilling." Farouk Shami stated on February 9, 2010 in a press release: "Mayor White has major stake in Barnett Shale production company." Nancy Pelosi stated on October 5, 2009 in an interview on the Charlie Rose Show: About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions. EnergyCitizens.org stated on October 4, 2009 in an ad in the Washington Post: The cap-and-trade bill will mean "2 million jobs lost." EnergyCitizens.org stated on September 30, 2009 in an ad in the Washington Post: Gas will reach $4 a gallon under a cap-and-trade plan. Glenn Beck stated on September 1, 2009 in his radio program: Van Jones "is an avowed, self-avowed radical revolutionary communist." John Kerry stated on August 31, 2009 in an op-ed published in the Huffington Post: "Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013." Rush Limbaugh stated on June 29, 2009 in his radio show: On the day the House voted on the climate change bill, "there was not even a copy of the bill in the well of the House, which is standard. It wasn't even written."
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Morgan Griffith stated on February 18, 2011 in an e-mail newsletter and House floor speech.: "Not even expensive bottled water, like Perrier and Evian, are of good enough quality to pump out of mines in Southwest Virginia, according to the EPA regulation." John Kasich stated on January 14, 2011 in a news conference: Says an EPA permit "languished" under Strickland but his new EPA director got it done in two days. DeKalb County stated on December 23, 2010 in its website: "The Greenest County in America." Scott Walker stated on October 14, 2010 in a campaign news release and platform document: Says Gov. Jim Doyle and the DNR have not put hunters first and mismanaged the deer herd; as a result "the deer population has dwindled." Russ Feingold stated on July 13, 2010 in a campaign ad: Ron Johnson is "willing to hand over the Great Lakes to the oil companies." Scott Walker stated on August 11, 2010 in campaign news releases in the wake of sewage dumping: "Since being elected, (Tom Barrett) has dumped 8.2 billion gallons of raw sewage into Lake Michigan." Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no." George LeMieux stated on June 16, 2010 in an interview on CNN and a posting on Twitter: The White House has "refused" international help in dealing with the oil spill. Greg Abbott stated on February 16, 2010 in a press release: Says the EPA "outsourced the scientific basis for its greenhouse gas regulation to a scandal-plagued international organization that cannot be considered objective or trustworthy." House Natural Resources Committee Republicans stated on April 5, 2010 in a news release posted on his website.: "Obama did not open new lands to offshore drilling – all of these areas were already open for drilling once Congress and President Bush lifted the moratorium in 2008. Instead, President Obama yesterday announced what areas he would CLOSE to offshore drilling." Farouk Shami stated on February 9, 2010 in a press release: "Mayor White has major stake in Barnett Shale production company." Nancy Pelosi stated on October 5, 2009 in an interview on the Charlie Rose Show: About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions. EnergyCitizens.org stated on October 4, 2009 in an ad in the Washington Post: The cap-and-trade bill will mean "2 million jobs lost." EnergyCitizens.org stated on September 30, 2009 in an ad in the Washington Post: Gas will reach $4 a gallon under a cap-and-trade plan. Glenn Beck stated on September 1, 2009 in his radio program: Van Jones "is an avowed, self-avowed radical revolutionary communist." John Kerry stated on August 31, 2009 in an op-ed published in the Huffington Post: "Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013." Rush Limbaugh stated on June 29, 2009 in his radio show: On the day the House voted on the climate change bill, "there was not even a copy of the bill in the well of the House, which is standard. It wasn't even written."
Morgan Griffith stated on February 18, 2011 in an e-mail newsletter and House floor speech.: "Not even expensive bottled water, like Perrier and Evian, are of good enough quality to pump out of mines in Southwest Virginia, according to the EPA regulation."
John Kasich stated on January 14, 2011 in a news conference: Says an EPA permit "languished" under Strickland but his new EPA director got it done in two days.
Scott Walker stated on October 14, 2010 in a campaign news release and platform document: Says Gov. Jim Doyle and the DNR have not put hunters first and mismanaged the deer herd; as a result "the deer population has dwindled."
Russ Feingold stated on July 13, 2010 in a campaign ad: Ron Johnson is "willing to hand over the Great Lakes to the oil companies."
Scott Walker stated on August 11, 2010 in campaign news releases in the wake of sewage dumping: "Since being elected, (Tom Barrett) has dumped 8.2 billion gallons of raw sewage into Lake Michigan."
Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no."
George LeMieux stated on June 16, 2010 in an interview on CNN and a posting on Twitter: The White House has "refused" international help in dealing with the oil spill.
Greg Abbott stated on February 16, 2010 in a press release: Says the EPA "outsourced the scientific basis for its greenhouse gas regulation to a scandal-plagued international organization that cannot be considered objective or trustworthy."
House Natural Resources Committee Republicans stated on April 5, 2010 in a news release posted on his website.: "Obama did not open new lands to offshore drilling – all of these areas were already open for drilling once Congress and President Bush lifted the moratorium in 2008. Instead, President Obama yesterday announced what areas he would CLOSE to offshore drilling."
Farouk Shami stated on February 9, 2010 in a press release: "Mayor White has major stake in Barnett Shale production company."
Nancy Pelosi stated on October 5, 2009 in an interview on the Charlie Rose Show: About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions.
EnergyCitizens.org stated on October 4, 2009 in an ad in the Washington Post: The cap-and-trade bill will mean "2 million jobs lost."
EnergyCitizens.org stated on September 30, 2009 in an ad in the Washington Post: Gas will reach $4 a gallon under a cap-and-trade plan.
Glenn Beck stated on September 1, 2009 in his radio program: Van Jones "is an avowed, self-avowed radical revolutionary communist."
John Kerry stated on August 31, 2009 in an op-ed published in the Huffington Post: "Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013."
Rush Limbaugh stated on June 29, 2009 in his radio show: On the day the House voted on the climate change bill, "there was not even a copy of the bill in the well of the House, which is standard. It wasn't even written."
